2013 Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville Honors Albert Hadley

Design connoisseurs and casual collectors alike are sure to find something special at this week’s Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville. Held in the nation’s Music City February 8 through l0, the event boasts more than 150 renowned dealers and exhibitors from the worlds of antiques and horticulture. This year, the show honors the late legendary interior designer and Nashvillian Albert Hadley, longtime business partner of Sister Parish in the firm Parish-Hadley Associates.

Hadley (1920–2012), who died last spring, played an integral part in helping launch the show, which is now in its 23rd year. Fittingly, this year’s honorary chair is Hadley protégée and AD100 designer Bunny Williams, who will pay homage to her former employer with a lecture, “Under the Influence of Albert Hadley,” on Friday.

AD100 decorator Bunny Williams. Photo: Jade Albert

“This is a wonderful show Albert helped start many years ago,” says Williams. “There is a great variety of antiques and garden elements, and it has become a Southern tradition for many to enjoy.” A number of homages to Hadley will be on display, including the show’s signature entry space and garden: Inspired by a Hadley sketch of an outdoor garden room, a trellised garden transitions into an elegant open-air terrace created by interior designer Jonathan Savage and architectural designer Stephen Wells, both of whom are from Nashville. Five additional gardens whose designs were influenced by Hadley’s wallpaper designs will also be on view throughout the show.

The show's centerpiece is an entry garden designed by local talents Jonathan Savage and Stephen Wells, based on a sketch by Albert Hadley. Photo: Peyton Hoge

The Antiques and Garden Show of Nashville benefits the Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art and the Economic Club of Nashville. For more information and tickets, visit: antiquesandgardenshow.com